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Execute commands by whistling

Use Linux or Microsoft Windows, the open source sndpeek program, and a simple Perl script to read specific sequences of tonal events -- literally whistling, humming, or singing at your computer…

India’s Very Own Linux

Pushing the drive to promote open source software in India, Dayanidhi Maran, minister of communications & information technology, has released BOSS Linux. Developed by C-DAC, the Linux…

Invalidating The Linux Buffer Cache

When you write data, it doesn't necessarily get written to disk right then. The kernel maintains caches of many things, and disk data is something where a lot of work is done to keep everything…

Almost half of users will move to Linux for critical apps in 4 years

A survey of 133 IT executives by Saugatuck Research found that while only 18% were using Linux in critical server deployments presently, almost half these executive said they’ll have their top…

Dell's Secret Linux Fling

Dell's love affair with Linux is a clandestine affair these days, conducted in secret, away from disapproving eyes. But now the pair have been spotted in China.

When Michael Dell first saw…

Accounting Vendors Block Linux Server Use

We all know Microsoft views Linux as a serious threat and will do just about anything to discourage its use. But why would application vendors who actually face competition from Microsoft help it…

Santa Cruz Exec, 1999: Linux Hasn't Hurt SCO, It's Helped Us

You won't believe this. A Groklaw member, Jeff Best, has turned up a 1999 CNET article by Stephen Shankland, quoting a Santa Cruz executive saying that Linux not only wasn't hurting SCO -- it was…

Open Country Announces Partnership with Turbolinux

Open Country, a next-generation systems management software company, today announced it has entered into a partnership agreement with Turbolinux, Inc., a global provider of Linux-based solutions,…

EU withdraws claim that Linux support is illegal

The European Union has blamed a translation mistake for its claim that it cannot legally support Linux.

As reported last week, the EU had claimed that Linux users could not legally view its…

Linux: no longer a winner?

"I was thinking about the future of Linux when it occurred to me that one path for its future can seen as a simple consequence of what we mean by "winning." In other words, asking whether Linux…